Principal Research Scientist I Pharmacy

Company Description

AbbVie's mission is to discover and deliver innovative medicines and solutions that solve serious health issues today and address the medical challenges of tomorrow. We strive to have a remarkable impact on people's lives across several key therapeutic areas – immunology, oncology, neuroscience, and eye care – and products and services in our Allergan Aesthetics portfolio. For more information about AbbVie, please visit us at www.abbvie.com. Follow @abbvie on X, Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, LinkedIn and Tik Tok.

Job Description

Purpose: 

Support the AbbVie Technical Operation functions and the AbbVie Technical Centers worldwide. Identify and resolve manufacturing issues for commercial and Research and Development products primarily Eye Care Products but additionally Pharma and biologics.  Provides leadership to cross-functional teams during development, commercial launch or problem solving for a given drug product.  Accountable to suggest and direct product improvements or alternate manufacturing strategies, as an individual or as a leader of a team, that meet the highest standards in quality, customer service and regulatory compliance.     

Responsibilities: 

• Acts as technical expert and provides guidance (scientific and administrative) for all pharmaceutical scientist grade levels.
• Liaison between functional groups (i.e., Operations, Quality, Regulatory, Validation, Materials Management, R&D, Analytical Test Labs, Stability and API)
• Must be regarded as capable of working totally independently.
• Provide technical support of all scale-up activities and maintain timelines for on-going projects.
• Write/co-author/review/approve process memos and scientific reports in support of Regulatory Submissions, Regulatory Field Alerts and supportive quality control and manufacturing documents.
• Responsible for review or approval of deviations, NCMRs and investigations in terms of the technical content.
• Has the ability to anticipate, recognize and resolve problems.
• Presents results of projects to senior management.
• Provides guidance/mentoring for post-doctoral candidates and summer interns in the department.
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